Reviews of new or upcoming movies, based on their commercials airing during the Olympics, which I am able to see only at work with the sound off (and only out of the corner of my eye, boss)
“The Bourne Legacy”: People spend all their time either looking at computers or running and jumping. Despite the knowledge gained from the computer and the health benefits of all that exercise, everybody just scowls. Depressing. Two stars out of five
“The Expendables 2”: A small group of military guys at or near retirement age mug for the camera and blow shit up. Stupid but kind of fun, especially for those of us old enough that we still think of Leonardo DiCaprio as a kid. Two stars out of five
“The Campaign”: Two political candidates mug for the camera and hit each other. Stupid, with an unfortunate absence of explosions. One-half star out of five. Oh, wait - the overrated Will Ferrell gets shot with an arrow. It’s about time. One star out of five
“The Odd Life of Timothy Green”: A boy gets covered in dirt and then apparently turns into a plant of some kind. Despite this, or perhaps because of it, everyone is very joyful and dances around a lot. It’s confusing, and so much apparent earnestness in a summer movie has to be ironic, all of which probably means David Lynch is involved. Four and a half stars out of five
